Can any web designers speak to what's up with the <marquee> tag? I want to use it in a tasteful, scrolling-credits-type way — is it even worth doing? [more inside]
posted by FreelanceBureaucrat
on Nov 30, 2011 -
6 answers

Doing some web design after being out of it a long time and my brain isn't in gear. I'm admittedly rusty and oblivious to the latest trends, codes and plugins for designing some of this basic stuff right now. Main goal: if I can make my client's dream site an awesome reality in a quick manner while remaining as lazy as possible, that would be fantastic! ;) [more inside]
posted by miss lynnster
on Nov 9, 2011 -
15 answers

Not exactly sure how to phrase this question, cause I don't know the lingo, but here goes. How do I make it so a browser automatically updates my web-page. [more inside]
posted by snwod
on Nov 6, 2011 -
7 answers

Hope me! I have a Wordpress foodie blog and I have a kitchenware retail website. I want to take the blog and export it to my website. Somehow. It gets a little more complicated and I'd really appreciate some help walking me through the various procedures. Wise advise on blog organisation would also be deeply appreciated. Apologies in advance for the longwinded rambling to follow. [more inside]
posted by ninazer0
on Nov 2, 2011 -
3 answers

Hacking around sound cancellation on Google+ and Skype: Two tier question here about a related problem. Firstly, a way to sidetrack the software audio limits of a Google+ Hangout. Secondly, a way to stop Skype from cancelling out audio from one half of a conversation. [more inside]
posted by 0bvious
on Oct 21, 2011 -
2 answers

This weekend I'm setting up a website for an academic event. I'd like the homepage of the site to have large, clickable progress bars that display the number of posts for each of the subpages (News & Announcements, Blog, Events, etc.). As more posts are added to each of the subpages (posts would likely be sorted and displayed by category and tag), its respective progress bar takes up more screen real estate and the tally count listed on/near it increases. Basically, I want the homepage to look like a giant, dynamic bar chart. Is there a freeware (or cheap) template, widget or piece of code that allows me to do this? [more inside]
posted by iamkimiam
on Sep 15, 2011 -
7 answers

CSS/Javascript filter: I have a website that is one long page, broken into sections. It includes a side menu; if you click on one of the links in the side menu, it automatically scrolls to that section. How can I set it up so that whichever section is on-screen automatically highlights the side-menu section? [more inside]
posted by nushustu
on Sep 12, 2011 -
4 answers

I've built two HTML validated pages with the same content, but they're hosted in different places and are displaying differently in different browsers. Help? [more inside]
posted by andihazelwood
on Aug 3, 2011 -
5 answers

What's the easiest way to create and send an email newsletter that includes links to an archived version of the same newsletter? Difficulty: no HTML skills and the email-marketing service I'm using doesn't support exporting pdfs. [more inside]
posted by aka burlap
on Jul 8, 2011 -
7 answers

Via Javascript or PHP, I want to fetch the page source of an external URL. The catch: the URL is another php file. file_get_contents and curl don't work, and neither, seemingly, does anything else I try. Help? [more inside]
posted by hiteleven
on May 27, 2011 -
6 answers

I'm trying to help my friend put together a simple site, using wordpress as a platform for a static site/CMS. I'm having trouble moving the header (and all the content below it I suppose) to the top of the screen, 3px from the top. Could anyone help me by looking at the source code? [more inside]
posted by FireStyle
on Apr 26, 2011 -
6 answers

Are there any examples of particularly elegant implementations of "spoiler tags" out there that work well with both screen readers and touch/mobile based site designs?
posted by Artw
on Apr 26, 2011 -
11 answers

The default plain text editor on my work computer drives me up the wall, and I'm not allowed to download a replacement. Are there any online plain text editors I can use to draft an occasional HTML or CSS file and preview my results?
posted by ocherdraco
on Apr 22, 2011 -
11 answers

I would like to build a website using methods similar to those seen on Mint.com, namely graphs, calculations, and interfacing with banking websites. Can anyone tell me what technologies they are using because I'm clueless from square one.
posted by satyricaldude
on Mar 19, 2011 -
7 answers

I need to slap together a website FAST that contains a map and a (sortable? filterable?) list of Wisconsin-related protest/rally events. I'd really, really like it if people could enter their own events and they'd show up on the map without a lot of intervention on my part. [more inside]
posted by desjardins
on Mar 10, 2011 -
11 answers

What IDEs, editors, or general tools do people use to do web development? I'm a linux geek, so my tool of choice is gVim. But I'm teaching a course on this right now and don't want to inflict my prejudices on the students, and I'd like a broader perspective. So if you're a web developer, what do you use? NetBeans, Notepad? Something in-between?
posted by handee
on Mar 2, 2011 -
38 answers

I'm trying to learn the basics of Javascript and it seems like even when broken down to the simplest kindergarten-level explanation, I still don't get it at all. [more inside]
posted by windbox
on Jan 24, 2011 -
28 answers

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